I don't entirely disagree, but overall I think multiple independent endeavors may be the most resilient approach. In other words, collaboration may indeed the

I don't entirely disagree, but overall I think multiple independent endeavors may be the most resilient approach. In other words, collaboration may indeed the fastest path if all goes well, but multiple independent efforts may be safer, with a higher probability of success. Independent approaches also allow for slightly different techniques and technological approaches to the problem, which may have additional unknown benefits later on.